CableLabs Testing Services

Comprehensive Testing for Real-World Scenarios

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Still Playing the Speed Game? Don’t Get Left Behind

Today’s customers expect faster speed, lower latency, and plug-and-play interoperability from their devices and applications. To meet these demands, our members need quality, reliable testing programs that deliver actionable insights they can put to use in the real world. But in-house testing and troubleshooting is often time consuming and expensive, slowing down speed-to-market and putting additional strain on staff.

CableLabs bridges this gap with a full range of testing solutions that deliver efficient, full life-cycle testing for wireless, wired and software environments. In our neutral test labs, we help you map out a comprehensive, custom testing program that provides critical insight and detailed performance data for every stage of development and deployment.

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  • Trusted Adviser

    Our expertise includes researchers and test engineers with decades of experience in all technical domains and a deep understanding of communication service provider networks.

  • Independent Labs

    We offer comprehensive testing of multiple, integrated solutions in the presence of converging technologies in our neutral lab environments.

  • Broad Range of Test Capabilities

    We serve both commercial and government initiatives with broad testing capabilities, including passive optical networking (PON), 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), DOCSIS and more.

World-Class Test Equipment and Facilities

  • Full support for Wi-Fi 6, 6E & 7
  • Multiple semi-anechoic chambers
  • Powerful traffic generators
  • Full-sized anechoic chamber
  • 14,000 sq. ft. testing labs
  • 5,000 sq. ft., large empirical test house
  • Comprehensive state-of-the-art analyzers and sniffers

Low Latency Testing

Stop lag issues before they impact your customers. CableLabs delivers reliable low latency testing insights our members can use to diagnose latency problems at every stage of the product lifecycle. Outpace the competition with comprehensive wired, wireless and L4S application testing:

  • Capture latency performance and throughput values

  • Understand loading and application performance

  • Conduct tests in multiple use case scenarios

  • Optimize product design for real-world traffic scenarios

  • Design products for a specific mix of users

PON Testing

The future of PON depends on interoperability. As technology continues to evolve, seamless customer experiences will require compatibility across the entire ecosystem. But variations in PON standards leave operators to rely on supplier-based test programs and makes it challenging to validate product interoperability.

CableLabs solves this problem with neutral, comprehensive PON testing that simulates operator environments, improves network performance, and validates interoperability of OLTs and ONTs.

  • Full Security Testing

    Device security testing across multiple use cases and network configurations

  • Map Test Strategies to KPIs

    Targeted testing to validate operational and end-user metrics

  • Environmental Testing

    Verify product capabilities in various temperature and humidity conditions

DOCSIS®/PacketCable Pre-Testing

Save time and resources on DOCSIS and PacketCable certification with CableLabs’ pre-testing program. Ensure quick, clean certification testing, identify and debug issues, and accelerate the certification process.

Pre-testing for DOCSIS 3.0, 3.1, and 4.0 certification

  • Ensure current and future devices will test cleanly​
  • Debug or verify a fix for an issue​
  • Test specific areas of a device:​
    • PHY compliance of new hardware​
    • Ingress or egress of Wi-Fi or LTE​
    • Profile Management, Low Latency DOCSIS​
    • Upcoming 4.0 Features​

Pre-testing for PacketCable 1.5 certification

Full Pre-Testing

  • Executes complete suite of PacketCable 1.5 Certification test
  • Results are returned to the manufacturer without being reported to the certification board for a certification decision
  • Results may be requested independently of DOCSIS Certification Testing

Reduced Pre-Testing

  • Executes core protocol tests from:​​
    • Network-based Call Signaling (NCS) ​
    • Management Event MIB (MEM)​​
    • Dynamic Quality of Service (DQoS)
    • Security​​​
    • Provisioning (PROV)
  • System testing scenarios include one hour runs for:​​
    • On-net voice​​
    • On-net Fax​​
    • On-net DTMF​​
    • 3 way calling

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Submit your device now to become “CableLabs Certified”.

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Our Labs

The Testing Services Lab and 5,000-square-foot Test House test devices and systems for interoperability, performance, requirements compliance, specification conformance and operator acceptance.

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